Raise your hand if you’ve never used one of these ‘90s relics before! Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt take a trip down memory lane, testing out some of the most nostalgic tech and gadgets from the decade while promoting their upcoming Netflix movie, The Electric State. From clunky brick phones to the sound of dial-up internet, watch as they hilariously struggle (or totally ace) using these blasts from the past.
The Electric State Cast:
Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Woody Norman, with Giancarlo Esposito and Stanley Tucci. Woody Harrelson, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Hank Azaria, Colman Domingo and Alan Tudyk
Stream The Electric State March 14, 2025 on Netflix!
The Electric State Cast:
Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Woody Norman, with Giancarlo Esposito and Stanley Tucci. Woody Harrelson, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Hank Azaria, Colman Domingo and Alan Tudyk
Stream The Electric State March 14, 2025 on Netflix!
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00:00But you can walk around with this.
00:01It's called a Walkman.
00:03Oh, OK.
00:04I didn't know that.
00:05I play a 90s teen in our new film, The Electric Speed.
00:08And I was a real life 90s teen.
00:10Let's see who had it better.
00:12I would just take a selfie like this.
00:16Ours, we would have to turn this on.
00:18I think you have to turn it on and charge it.
00:19You had a mirror, no?
00:20You can't see yourself.
00:22OK, ready?
00:24Oh my god, it was on.
00:26And it comes out like this.
00:27Yeah.
00:28And then you shake it like a Polaroid.
00:30Ever heard that?
00:31No.
00:31Of course you haven't.
00:32So depressing.
00:35Which of these items do you think helps a person listen to a song?
00:37Obviously, it's out of these two.
00:41It's this.
00:42This thing, you didn't know what it was.
00:43It's called a Walkman.
00:44Wait, what are these then?
00:45Those are answering machines.
00:47What?
00:48That's like a voicemail.
00:49Voicemail would stick.
00:49Wow.
00:50You would record your own voicemail onto a tape.
00:52You would have an outgoing message.
00:54That was like my Instagram as a kid, my outgoing message.
00:57I would always make it funny.
00:58First time I could entertain someone through technology.
01:00This is cool.
01:00I like this.
01:01I would use this now.
01:02This is pretty cool.
01:03If I didn't want to listen to It's Your Thing,
01:05I would have to fossil through all of It's Your Thing to get to Dreams to Remember.
01:08That's correct.
01:09That's horrible.
01:10Here's the art.
01:10There was once a time when artists who made tapes,
01:12they curated their music into a very intentional list.
01:16I like that.
01:16So you would start with the first song and then the second and third.
01:19Now it's just like, go to whatever your platform is and hit and just go.
01:22Taylor Swift curates her album from start to finish.
01:27You don't have to listen to her album that way.
01:29You can go on Spotify and hit shuffle and listen to it however the A.I. decides.
01:32A true Swifty wouldn't.
01:34You don't understand.
01:34You can't send a text on that.
01:35Yeah, you can.
01:36You have to press the buttons to the letter.
01:38Four, three times.
01:40Space.
01:41It would take a very, very long time.
01:42Did you send like smiley faces?
01:45I would write out 8-0-0-8-5.
01:488-0-0-8-5.
01:51If you don't know, now you know.
01:53Chris Pratt.
01:54How does it feel to be walking with the Millie Bobby Brown?
01:57Incredible.
01:57Can you zoom in on that thing?
01:59Can you zoom in?
02:01Not like me.
02:02Did you have SD cards?
02:03No.
02:04This would actually go onto a tiny tape inside of here.
02:07And then that tape would fit inside of a VHS tape that would have a cassette opener.
02:11You'd slide at it and then close it and then you'd be playing it on the fly.
02:14And also no way to edit.
02:15So we had to learn to edit on the fly.
02:19That's what I thought that was.
02:20Yeah, tape recorder.
02:21That's so cute.
02:22That's so cute.
02:23I would go on my voice memo app.
02:25Stop.
02:26And then I go...
02:27Wait, does this have a tape too?
02:28Yeah.
02:28And then I rewind it.
02:31Oh, it's kind of eerie.
02:33Yeah, it is.
02:34It's very CIA and it's very like Donnie Brasco, you know?
02:37I don't know who that is.
02:39Okay.
02:39So clearly the 90s were better in every way and I just feel bad for today's teens
02:43and their little tiny sleek devices.
02:44See more 90s nostalgia in The Electric State, only on Netflix.